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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Perciformes/Percoidei
(Perchs) >
Percidae
(Perches) > Etheostomatinae
Etymology:
Etheostoma:
Greek, etheo = to strain + Greek, stoma = mouth; Rafinesque said "various mouths", but Jordan and Evermann suggest the name might have been intended as "Heterostoma (Ref.
45335
)
;
fusiforme:
fusiform
meaning tapering at each end, spindle shaped (Ref.
10294
)
.
More on author:
Girard
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
North America: Seaboard Lowlands, Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains from southern Maine to Louisiana (Sabine River) and southeastern Oklahoma (Red River) in the USA; and Former Mississippi Embayment north to Kentucky and southeastern Missouri in the USA.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
5723
); common length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
12193
); max. reported age: 1.00 years (Ref.
12193
)
Occur in standing or slow-flowing water over mud, sometimes sand; often in vegetation (Ref.
5723
,
10294
). Eggs are found attached to the substrate unguarded (Ref.
7043
).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity
|
Reproduction
|
Spawning
|
Eggs
|
Fecundity
|
Larvae
Eggs are found attached to the substrate unguarded (Ref.
7043
).
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr
, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref.
5723
)
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00537 (0.00235 - 0.01227), b=3.14 (2.94 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=1).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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